Keystone Shoulder Sans Outline

The x-height is a compact 68.1% of the cap height, below the 71.6% median for sans serif fonts, lower than 33 of the 35 other sans serif fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (97.3% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 28.2% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 18 of the 35 other sans serif fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 71.3% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 79.9%), 8.8% less than the median for sans serif fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is an upright oval, 0.87 times as wide as it is tall, and M is the widest capital, at 1.21 times the width of H. The O stops 0.6% of the cap height short of H and dips 3.8% below the baseline.

Ink covers 25.5% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 17 of the 35 other sans serif fonts. The letters are hollow: every stroke is drawn as a thin outline band.

Its 148 characters include 105 Latin letters, plus 43 figures, punctuation marks and symbols; 53 of the Latin letters are accented or special forms beyond A to Z. The word space measures 43.4% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 13.5% of its width. The font carries no kerning, so spacing comes from each letter’s own side bearings. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Keystone Shoulder Sans Outline will not line up exactly.

Keystone Shoulder Sans Outline is Keystone Shoulder Sans with the outline effect applied to every letter. Keystone Shoulder Sans Outline is drawn on the same letter structure as one other font in the library.